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Maf\er Pilot, and a Captain gf militia were in 

 her, who received us with the utmofl kinidnefs, 

 and conduded us to the houfe of the former, 

 where nothing that could give us comfort was 

 omitted by that good man and his family. Mr. 

 Black, Mr. Murchifon, and feveral others landed 

 with all their polTeffions on their bac k, their trunks 

 having been thrown overboard. The former of 

 thefe gentlemen naturally applied to Enfign 

 Minchin, who had, as before obferved, faved 

 jnore than his own haggagCy but to little purpofe, 

 and he abfolutely was forced to alk me for a 

 change of linen. This was the more vexatious, 

 as Mr. Black had a compleat claim on him on 

 account of the goods which Mrs. Minchin had 

 iaved, and which were the property of Mr. 

 Black ; however, as my baggage had cfcaped, I 

 had the pleafure of fupplying both him and Mr. 

 Murchifon. 



When we had reftcd about an hour the Pilot 

 requefted that we would inform him wlio we 

 were, the better to enable him to make his re- 

 port to the Governor-General of the province, 

 Lieutenant-General Sebaftian Xavier da Vega 

 Cabral e Cemara, who then, on account of the 

 probability of war with Spain, refided at Fort 

 St. Pedro, above four leagues up the river ; he 

 added, that we mull remain where we v.'ere until 

 an anfwer came from his Excellency, 



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